blind »
An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.
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break a sweat »
January 2008, The Age - Walkovers blaze a trail for women's equal-pay theory.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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due course »
A. 1803, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
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eat someone out of house and home »
C. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II Scene I.
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fifth wheel »
A very large truck trailer; an 18-wheeler.
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for all intensive purposes »
Misconstruction of “for all intents and purposes”.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].
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four score and seven years ago »
87 years prior to today.
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fruit of one's loins »
C. 1950, Kay Boyle, "Adam's Death" in Fifty Stories , ISBN 9780811212069, p. 541.
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in the twinkling of an eye »
Circa 1598, William Shakespeare, "The Merchant Of Venice".
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laughing stock »
C. 1598, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, sc. 1.
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mercury »
A silvery-colored metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
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not touch something with a ten foot pole »
Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. 8.
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nugget of truth »
January 2008, Chicago Tribune - Clinton's Hispanic edge over Obama.
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pendre la cr%C3%A9maill%C3%A8re »
To have a housewarming party.
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